{{Expand Japanese|topic=cult|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Detective drama | creator = | developer = | writer = [[Sō Kuramoto]](First season) | director = [[Toshio Masuda (director)|Toshio Masuda]]<br>[[Koreyoshi Kurahara]]<br>[[Tōru Murakawa]]<br>[[Yasuharu Hasebe]]<br>[[Keiichi Ozawa]] | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = [[Tetsuya Watari]] <br> [[Kei Satō]] <br> [[Akira Terao]] <br>[[Joe Shishido]] <br> [[Masaki Kanda]] <br> [[Sei Hiraizumi]] <br> [[Kaku Takashina]] <br> [[Akiko Nishina]] <br> [[Yūsuke Takita]] <br> [[Yusaku Matsuda]] <br> [[Yujiro Ishihara]] <br> [[Isao Tamagawa]] <br> [[:ja:中条静夫|Shizuo Chujo]] <br> [[Kōjirō Kusanagi]] <br> [[:ja:小野武彦|Takehiko Ono]] <br> [[:ja:粟津號|Go Awazu]] <br> [[:ja:柳生博|Hiroshi Yagyu]] <br> [[:ja:峰竜太|Ryuta Mine]] <br> [[:ja:苅谷俊介|Shunsuke Kariya]] <br> [[Asao Koike]] <br> [[:ja:小山田宗徳|Munenori Oyamada]] <br> [[:ja:星正人|Masato Hoshi]] <br> [[:ja:高城淳一|Junichi Takagi]] | judges = | voices = | narrator = [[Kiyoshi Kobayashi]] | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = Masato Sugimoto (Part 2) | end_theme = | composer = | country = Japan | language = Japanese | num_seasons = 3 | num_episodes = 132<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iza.ne.jp/kiji/entertainments/news/160404/ent16040413040024-n1.html|publisher=iza|title= 渡哲也が"特別解説"する「大都会」 芸能ショナイ業務話 |date=4 April 2016 | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }}</ref> | list_episodes = | executive_producer = [[Yujiro Ishihara]] | producer = Masahiko Kobayashi<br>Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = Mitsuji Kanau | runtime = 45 minutes | company = Ishihara promotion<br>[[Nippon TV|NTV]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/ja-jp/news/opinion/%E7%9F%B3%E5%8E%9F%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%81%8C58%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%B4%E5%8F%B2%E3%81%AB%E7%B5%82%E6%AD%A2%E7%AC%A6-%E8%87%AA%E5%88%86%E3%81%AE%E4%BD%9C%E3%82%8A%E3%81%9F%E3%81%84%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%82%92%E4%BD%9C%E3%82%8B-%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E7%94%9F%E3%81%BE%E3%82%8C%E3%81%9F%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB-%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E-%E6%AD%8C/ar-BB1ckByG|publisher=msn.com|title= 石原プロが58年の歴史に終止符…「自分の作りたいものを作る」から生まれた映画、ドラマ、歌 | accessdate= November 15, 2020}}</ref> | channel = [[Nippon TV|NTV]] | first_aired = {{Start date|1976|01|06}} | last_aired = {{End date|1979|09|11}} | related = }} {{nihongo|'''''Daitokai '''''|大都会| '''''The Big City''''' or '''''Metropolis'''''}} was a popular prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1976 to 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A4%A7%E9%83%BD%E4%BC%9A-557918|publisher=kotobank|title= 大都会とは | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }}</ref> for a total of 132 episodes and three seasons, each with its own story arc. The lead star was [[Tetsuya Watari]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bs11.jp/movie/-part/ |publisher=BS11|title= 大都会 Part 2 | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20160404/geo16040405060006-n3.html|publisher=sansponews|title=渡哲也『大都会』秘話を熱く語る「優作にお説教されてましたね」 |date=4 April 2016 | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }}</ref> The drama won popularity and was followed by ''[[Seibu Keisatsu]]''.<ref name="BS11"/>
==Plot== Sergeant Raisuke Kuroiwa ([[Tetsuya Watari]]) and the Kuroiwa Force, a special [[Flying Squad]]-esque division of the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]] solves crimes and cracks down on their perpetrators.<ref name="IP"/><ref name="IP2"/>
==Cast== ''Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi'' (31 episodes)<ref name="IP">{{cite web |url= https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part1_about.html |publisher= Ishihara Promotion |title= 大都会闘いの日々 |accessdate= November 15, 2019 |archive-date= November 16, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191116105414/https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part1_about.html |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bs11.jp/movie/post-233/ |publisher=BS11|title= 大都会闘いの日々 | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Tetsuya Watari]] as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san) *[[Yujiro Ishihara]] as Ryuta Takigawa (Baku-san) *[[Akiko Nishina]] as Keiko Kuroiwa *[[Kei Satō]] as Yukio Fukamachi *[[Isao Tamagawa]] as Mitsuhiko Ishiki *[[:ja:中条静夫|Shizuo Chujo]] as Otokichi Kagami *[[Kaku Takashina]] as Yonezo Maruyama *[[:ja:小野武彦|Takehiko Ono]] as Tadashi Ouchi (Bousan) *[[Kōjirō Kusanagi]] as Goichi Takagi *[[:ja:粟津號|Go Awazu]] as Haruo Hirahara *[[Akira Terao]] as Akira Hidaka *[[Masaki Kanda]] as Koji Kujo *[[Joe Shishido]] as Junichiro Matsukawa *[[Sei Hiraizumi]] as Akihiko Okubo *Hiroko Shino as Naoko Miura *[[:ja:柳生博|Hiroshi Yagyu]] as Kiuchi
''Daitokai Part II'' (52 episodes)<ref name="IP2">{{cite web |url=https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part2_about.html |publisher=Ishihara Promotion |title=大都会 Part 2 |accessdate=November 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116105416/https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part2_about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%A4%A7%E9%83%BD%E4%BC%9A-PART%E2%85%A1-BOX-1-DVD-%E7%9F%B3%E5%8E%9F%E8%A3%95%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E/dp/B006VRCKQS |publisher=Amazon|title= 大都会 Part 2 | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Tetsuya Watari]] as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san) *[[Yusaku Matsuda]] as Isao Tokuyoshi (Toku) *[[Kaku Takashina]] as Yonezo Maruyama *[[Masaki Kanda]] as Sotaro Kami (episode 14-52) *[[:ja:峰竜太|Ryuta Mine]] as Iwao Kamijo (Saru) *[[:ja:粟津號|Go Awazu]] as Haruo Hirahara (episode 1-13) *[[:ja:小野武彦|Takehiko Ono]] as Tadashi Ouchi (Bōsan) *[[:ja:苅谷俊介|Shunsuke Kariya]] as Hyosuke Miyamoto (Benkei) *[[Asao Koike]] as Tsutomu Yoshioka *[[Akiko Nishina]] as Keiko Kuroiwa (episode 1-8,19) *[[Yūsuke Takita]] as Kiyori Yamamoto *[[Kei Satō]] as Yukio Fukamachi *[[Yujiro Ishihara]] as Goro Munakata *Mitsuko Oka as Nurse Kyōko Yoshino *[[:ja:小山田宗徳|Munenori Oyamada]] as Tsutomu Takei *[[Isao Tamagawa]] as Tamotsu Kajiyama
''Daitokai Part III'' (49 episodes)<ref name="BS11">{{cite web|url= https://www.bs11.jp/movie/sp/daitokai-3/ |publisher=BS11|title= 大都会PART3 | accessdate= November 15, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part3_about.html|publisher= Ishihara Promotion|title= 大都会part3|accessdate= November 15, 2019|archive-date= August 5, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200805051042/https://www.ishihara-pro.co.jp/sakuhin/daitokai/part3_about.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>
*[[Tetsuya Watari]] as Raisuke Kuroiwa (Kuro-san) *[[Akira Terao]] as Jiro Makino *[[:ja:星正人|Masato Hoshi]] as Isao Torada *[[:ja:小野武彦|Takehiko Ono]] as Tadashi Ouchi (Bō-san) *[[Kaku Takashina]] as Yonezo Maruyama *[[:ja:峰竜太|Ryuta Mine]] as Iwao Kamijo *[[:ja:苅谷俊介|Shunsuke Kariya]] as Hyosuke Miyamoto (Benkei) *[[Yujiro Ishihara]] as Goro Munakata *[[:ja:高城淳一|Junichi Takagi]] as Otokichi Kagawa
==Insert songs== *''Part II'' "Hitori" by [[Tetsuya Watari]]. *''Part III'' "Higure Zaka" by [[Tetsuya Watari]].
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|title=Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi}}
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